UNSEAWORTHY SHIPS.
COMPLAINTS IN MELBOURNE. RIVET HOLES AND PUTTY. VESSEL PUTS BACK. I ißy Cable—Press As*o iation. — OprrigM.'i i (Received 1 p.m.) MELBOURNE, this day. lln in;: evidence before the Royal Com-ini--iuii inquiring into ihe operation of • thr Navigation Act, Mr. 1 , . irHalioran, Lecretan of the * liuilermsikcrs' Society. ■ riti<l that owing to Ihv supervision by ! Lloyds' surveyors many vp> a els left MciI bourne in an unsraworthy condition. JHe added that in \\r>\ 'the Italian steanuT Vittoria reai-licd Adelaide from Melbourne, and had to dischargr cargo and return, to Melbourne for repairs. There it was found that flOf) rivets on Uie starboard >\<\r were defective. holo< having been filled with wooden wedges ;and putty. He also instanced several j other vessels. — (A. and N.Z. Cable.)
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Auckland Star, Volume 55, Issue 43, 22 February 1924, Page 5
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125UNSEAWORTHY SHIPS. Auckland Star, Volume 55, Issue 43, 22 February 1924, Page 5
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